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IPFW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE'S
American CLASSICS SUMMER THEATRE SERIES X
July 11, 12, 17, 18, and 19 at 8 p.m. July 13 and 20 at 2:30p.m.
Where's Charle
Book by George Abbott
Music and Lyrics by
Frank Loesser
Directed and Choreographed
by Larry L. Life
Musical Direction by
Jodi Hakes-Smith
Festival Event.,
IPFW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
presents
Where's Charley?
BOOK BY GEORGE ABBOTT
Music AND LYRics BY FRANK LOESSER
Directed and Choreographed by LARRY L. LIFE
WILLIAMS THEATRE
Musical Director
}ODI HAKE.s-SMITH
Scenic Designer
SEAN STEWART
Costume Designer
CRAIGA. HUMPHREY
Lighting Designer
MARK RIDGEWAY
Properties Designer
MARTY KERCHEVAL
July 2003
Sound Designer
ToM TEMPLE
Associate Choreographer
BRITTANY TYLER COUGHLIN
Assistant Musical Director and Accompanist
STEFANIE AMBROSE
Stage Manager/Assistant Director
KACY JOHNSON
Where's Charley is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized
performance materials are supplied by Music Theatre International, 421 West 54th St.,
New York, NY 10019. www.MTIShows.com
WARNING
The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any
device for such photographing or sound recording inside this theatre, without the
written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished
by ejection, and violations may render the offender liable for monetary damages.
This play was selected for its artistic and academic value. The selection and performance
of the play do not constitute an endorsement by Indiana University-Purdue University
Fort Wayne or Purdue University of the viewpoints conveyed by the play.
Out of respect for the actors, we ask that you remain in your seat until ihe
curtain call is finished. Please turn off all cell phones and pagers.
AN AMERICAN CLASSICS WELCOME
With summer upon us and the excitement of the annual Three Rivers Festival, I am
pleased to welcome you to the 1Oth Annual American Classics Summer Theatre
Festival. For the past 10 years we have endeavored to feature Broadway's most beloved
and treasured musicals. Wheres Charley? is certainly one of these. The musical opened
Oct. 11, 1948, and became a resounding hit. The song, "My Darling, My Darling,"
became a very popular number on the hit parade, the production raised Ray Bolger
(the loveable Scarecrow in the film The Wizard of Oz) to Broadway stardom, and all
of America was singing "Once in Love with Amy." The musical is based upon the
classic farce, Charleys Aunt by Brandon Thomas that satirizes Victorian manners, the
stilted etiquette of the period, the formal tea parties, the fluttering heroines with fans,
and the necessity for chaperones. Wheres Charley? also established Frank Loesser as a
leading lyricist and composer.
Wheres Charley? is about youth and springtime: being in love and being outrageously
silly and slyly wicked. As such, it is a wonderful family show and an excellent vehicle
for the exciting local young people you will see in this production. Our mission this
summer was to feature outstanding area high school students working side by side
with IPFW theatre majors. "What a delightful rehearsal process this has been, and I
have enjoyed watching this show take shape. Obviously these kids had never heard of
Wheres Charley? and 1948 was the "Dark Ages." It has been very exciting watching
them respond to the farce in the show, listening to their gorgeous voices, and realizing
that being young hasn't really changed all that much.
Welcome to the 1Oth Annual American Classics Summer Theatre's production of
Where's Charley?
Larry L. Life
Director and Choreographer
.ABOUT THE CAST
Reuben J. Albaugh (Mr. Stephen Spettigue) is a junior theatre major at IPFW.
Although Albaugh is seeking a degree in theatre focusing on design and directing, he
has had plenty of stage time, having performed in She Loves Me, On the Town, Harvey;
Corpus Christi, Bye Bye Birdie; The Tempest, Blood Wedding, and South Pacific, all at
IPFW. Also he has performed twice with the Civic Theatre in The Sound of Music and
A Funny Thing Happened on the "Way to the Forum and most recently at Arena Dinner
Theatre in Born Yesterday. Last summer, Albaugh directed Youre a Good Man Charlie
Brown for the Starlight Community Theatre. Albaugh is the recipient of the Frank
Kenworthy Scholarship for 2003-04. Albaugh is also a costume rental clerk at
Stoner's Funstore and works with the fabulous Kasey and Joanne in the theatre office
and finds time to serve as the box office manager.
Daniel P. Ambrose (Charley Wykeham) is a 2003 graduate of the theatre
department at IPFW. You may recognize him last from his senior project as Malcom
in Macbeth. Most recently he directed, designed the lights, and served as dramaturg
for his production of The Orestia, one of the pioneer Studio Showcases productions.
At IPFW he has performed in On the Town, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Corpus Christi,
Bye Bye Birdie, On the Verge, Blood Wedding, Ah, Wilderness!, South Pacific, Company;
Edith Stein, Spike Heels, Assassins, Dames at Sea, As You Like It, Auntie Marne, and
Marai!Sade. He has appeared at the First Presbyterian Theatre as Cupid in The Eight:
Reindeer Monologues and as Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Behind the
scenes, Ambrose took on another role as master electrician for both On the Town and
The Tempest and as fight captain for Macbeth at IPFW Ambrose has received two
Irene Ryan Acting Nominations for his work in Assassins and Ah, Wilderness!
Emily Arata (Ensemble) comes to IPFW for the first time this summer from IU
Bloomington where she is studying elementary education. Last summer Arata was
part of the chorus for Fort Wayne Community Schools Production of Footloose.
Other acting credits include Our Town, Anything Goes, Hello Dolly, and You Can't
Take It with You. She lists her favorite role as Patty Simcox in Grease for the FWCS
Summer Theatre Project. Arata would like to dedicate her performance "to my family
and Jake Dahm."
Molly Bock {Ensemble) hails from Leo High School, where she earned her letters in
drama. Her credits include Meet Me in St. Louis, Tom Sawyer, and Lil' Abner. Bock
lists her favorite role as Martha Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace. She has also
appeared at First Presbyterian Theatre in Othello. Now that she has graduated, she
plans to attend IU Bloomington and double major in English and drama.
BrittanyTyler Coughlin {Ensemble/Associate Choreographer) is a continuing
lecturer in dance at IPFW. She works at Northeast School of Dance and is an
independent aerobics instructor and personal trainer. Coughlin has a B.A. in dance
performance and choreography from Hope College in Holland, Mich. She was a
recipient of the Distinguished Artists Award in Dance all four years at Hope. She has
choreographed many musicals, fashion shows, color guards, and swing choirs.
Coughlin's most recent acting experience took place in The Power ofWomen, She Loves
Me, and On the Town. Coughlin wishes to thank Pat and her beautiful children,
Chelsey and Bray.
Jacob Dahm (Ensemble) is a senior at Bishop Dwenger High School. He was most
recently seen as Arpad in She Loves Me. Other credits at IPFW include Macbeth, On
the Town, Bye Bye Birdie, and james Dean. Other credits include Gypsy at Arena
Dinner Theatre, Ren in Footloose for FWCS Summer Theatre Project, the Tin Man in
The Wizard of Oz for the You theatre, and a party guest and Nazi in Sound of Music at
the Civic Theatre. He lists his favorite role as Patrick in Auntie Marne at IPFW He
works for Abercrombie Kids at Jefferson Point. Dahm would like to dedicate his
performance to his dad and Emily Arata.
Melissa Dowty (Donna Lucia D' Alvadorez) is a junior theatre major at IPFW She
is an active student- she is on the Dean's List, president of Delta Gamma Fraternity
and the Student Theatre Organization, and the recipient of the Dan Butler
Scholarship for 2002-2003. Her most recent role was Catherine Sloper in The
Heiress. Other roles at IPFW include She Loves Me, Macbeth, On the Town, Mae
Simmons in Harvey, Bye Bye Birdie, The Tempest, Blood Wedding, and South Pacific.
Some of Dowty's recent community theatre credits include Singin' in the Rain at the
Fort Wayne Civic, Little Shop of Horrors at the Arena Dinner Theatre, and Man of La
Mancha at First Presbyterian Theatre. Dowty was recognized as the Irene Ryan
Nominee for her work in both She Loves Me and The Heiress.
Brian Ernsberger (Brassett) is a graduate from Ball State University with a bachelor's
degree in English. Ernsberger has become a familiar face to IPFW audiences, having
appeared in Macbeth and On the Town. His local credits include Moon over Buffalo and
Garry/Roger at the Civic Theatre and California Suite and Rumors, both at Arena
Dinner Theatre. Ernsberger was involved with Same Time Next Year and most recently
directed Barefoot in the Park for the Gaslight Theatre in Kendallville. He lists his most
recent and favorite role as Paul Verrall in Born Yesterday at Arena Dinner Th~atre.
Patrick W. Fruchey (Ensemble) is partly responsible for the set that you see in front
of you tonight - he was one of the summer scene shop employees. Fruchey is a ,
junior theatre major at IPFW and was most recently seen as Macduff in Macbeth, a
role for which he received an Irene Ryan Nomination. Fruchey has also been seen in
The Orestia, She Loves Me, On the Town, Harvey, The Rivals, Corpus Christi, Bye Bye
Birdie, The Tempest, Blood Wedding, and South Pacific, all at IPFW Fruchey also
performed in Little Shop of Horrors and California Suite at the Arena Dinner Theatre.
He lists his favorite role as Paul in Barefoot in the Park for the Gaslight Theatre in
Kendallville. Fruchey is the godfather to Samson and Delihla, the latter of whom was
recently seen in The Heiress at IPFW
Kaidin Fumarolo (Amy Spettigue) will be appearing on the Williams Theatre stage
for the first time tonight. She has appeared in numerous roles at Homestead
including Hide and Shriek, Aesop's Fables, Grease, and Picnic at Hanging Rock. She has
also been seen on the Civic Theatre stage in Singin' in the Rain. She lists her favorite
role as Rusty in Footloose also at Homestead. This National Honors Society member
and Presidential Award winner will be working her summer away at Science Central
as a camp assistant before heading off to Ball State to major in musical theatre. She
would like to thank her family for all of the years of support and love.
Brock Graham (Ensemble) has been very busy since he last appeared on the
Williams Theatre stage in Bye Bye Birdie. Graham works at the Towne House
Retirement Community as part of the waitstaff and has still found time to be very
active in theatre at Leo High School. His credits include Meet Me in St. Louis, Arsenic
and Old Lace, Tom Sawyer, and his favorite role Schroeder in You're a Good Man
Charlie Brown. In the future he plans on attending IPFW and m~joring in psychology
and minoring in professional writing and theatre. He would like to thank his parents
and his sister.
Emilie Henry (Kitty Verdun), a Snider senior, is no stranger to the theatre scene in
Fort Wayne as she makes her debut performance at IPFW this evening. She has been
seen in Sound of Music as Liesl, Cinderella as Cinderella, Wizard ofOz as Dorothy,
and Peter Pan in her favorite role Wendy. She would like to thank her family, all four
of her siblings, mom and dad, and Kurtis. Mter she graduates, she is planning on
attending Northwestern and majoring in musical theatre and eventually moving to
New York.
Stephanie Holmes (Ensemble) hales from Leo High School, where she has earned
both her theatre and music letters. Her acting credits include Meet Me in St. Louis,
Tom Sawyer, and Li'lAbner. She has also appeared in two 24-Hour Playhouses at
IPFW in the Studio Theatre and lists one of those roles as her favorite performance.
Holmes would like to go to a theatre academy and become a professional actress.
Matthew C. Pedersen (Jack Chesney) is originally from Syracuse, Ind., and is a
transfer theatre major at IPFW Pederson was most recently seen in The Heiress as
Arthur Townsend. He also appeared as part of the male ensemble in She Loves Me.
Other acting credits include Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
Tommy Albright in Brigadoon, Giles Ralston in The Mousetrap, and Minstrel in Once
upon a Mattress at Wawasee High School. He has also worked backstage for Macbeth
at IPFW Pederson is a sales associate for Structure in Glenbrook Mall. Pederson also
performed as part of the PineSAP Art Fair here at IPFW in two short Christopher
Durang plays Medea and For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls.
Jennifer Pozezanac (Ensemble) is making her IPFW debut tonight. She hails from
Ball State University where she will be a sophomore acting student in the fall. Her
acting credits include Crazy For You, Oliver, The Music Man, and Oklahoma! Her
favorite role was that of Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank at Northrop High
School. This summer you might catch her working at Old Navy. During her first year
at Ball State, Pozezanac worked as the sound technician for two shows: Side Show and
SideMan.
Curtis J.D. Shaw (Sir France Chesney) is a music major with an outside field in
theatre at IPFW This is his first time on the Williams Theatre stage. Shaw is no
stranger to the community theatre scene. At First Presbyterian Theatre he has
appeared in GodSpell and The Mikado. At the Civic he has appeared in joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Isaachar, not to mention his backstage work on My
Fair Lady and The Pajama Game. Shaw says his favorite role is Cosmo Brown in last
summer's production of Singin' in the Rain. He also won an award for his role in
Arena Dinner Theatre's production of Anything Goes.
Jason Southern (Ensemble) just graduated from Northrop High School where he
was a busy guy. His credits include How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying,
Oliver, Music Man, and Twelve Angry Men. Southern's favorite role is Bobby Childs in
Crazy for You. This Indiana State Opera Finalist, as well as Norwell Invitational Solo
Champion plans t<? attend Millikin University School of Music in the fall. He would
like to dedicate this performance to his "dad who I know is watching from above."
Jake Stackhouse (Ensemble/Dance Captain) is a junior theatre-major and dance
minor at IPFW Most recently he was seen by Fort Wayne audiences in the Civic's
production of Smokey]oe's Caft. Other IPFW roles include Lennox in Macbeth,
Dewayne in Dreamgirls, Pas de Deux dancer! ensemble in On the Town, Wilson in
Harvey, the Teen Chorus in Bye Bye Birdie, as Caliban in The Tempest, Second
Woodcutter in Blood Wedding, and Abner in South Pacific. He also performed in
Civic's Sound of Music as a Nazi and a Party Guest. He has worked extensively
backstage for the Williams Theatre. Stackhouse is a server and trainer for Cheddar's
Restaurant.
Jackie Weber (Ensemble) is another member of the cast making her first appearance
on the IPFW stage this evening. Weber hails from Canterbury, where she was very
active. Her credits include Murder Me Always, The Wiz, You're a Good Man Charlie
Brown, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Once on this Island. Next year she will be
attending Wellesly College studying either biology, psychology, or computer science.
ABOUT THE ARTISTIC STAFF
Larry L. Life (Director/Choreographer) is professor and chair of the Department of
Theatre, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1971. In 1992, he was
given the Indiana Theatre Association's Outstanding Artist-Educator Award for 23
years of service as a director/ choreographer, actor, and theatre educator in Indiana.
Life worked professionally in New York in the 1960s, appearing in the revival of
Harold Rome's Pins and Needles at the Round-a-Bout Theatre and off-Broadway with
Fran and Barry Weissler's National Theatre Company. He has appeared in the films
The Detective with Frank Sinatra and Me Natalie with Patty Duke and has worked
with Madeline Kahn and Roberta Flack. He has been director...:choreographer for
music theatre productions at Black Hills Playhouse, Louisiana State University,
Wabash College, University ofNevada at Las Vegas, Tulane University, and Miami
University at Oxford, Ohio, and has studied musical theatre with Lehman Engel at
the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. He has studied acting with Uta
Hagen and Charles Nelson Riley, and dance with Matt Mattox, Jaimie Rogers,
Charles Weidman, and Robert Lunnon. He is listed in Whos Who in Entertainment.
His productions Dames at Sea and Hair were gran ted the Amoco Award of Excellence
and selected for presentation at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., for the
American College Theatre Festival. Life has acted, directed, and choreographed for
the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Arena Dinner
Theatre, and the First Presbyterian Theatre. He has conceived, directed, and
choreographed nine original musical reviews for the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Guild,
and one in 1994 for the Fort Wayne Bicentennial Commission. In 2003, Life
directed a produetion of The vagina Monologues for the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau.
Jodi Rakes-Smith (Musical Director) is married to Jody Smith, the bass player for
the show. She and her husband, Jody, are both owned by two 12-year-old Yorkshire
terriers, Jake and Nicky. Hakes-Smith is a graduate of Indiana School of Music in
Bloomington, Ind. She once lived in New York City and played piano for a Broadway
show. Hakes-Smith is currently a choral teacher for Bishop Dwenger High School.
She is also vice-president of the board for the Allen County Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals. See her after the show if you are interested in adopting a
sweet, homeless dog or cat.
Sean Stewart (Scenic Designer/Technical Director) recently received an M.F.A.
from Tulane University in New Orleans and is the technical director for the
department. Stewart has also designed scenery, lights, and costumes for a number of
productions, both professional and academic. He has designed scenery for such
productions as The Hostage, Private Eyes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and
Pericles. His lighting credits include Into the Woods, Not ~ving, and Picasso at the
Lapin Agile. Among his costume designs are the productions The Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas and a dance performance entitled Fae. Stewart's diversified
experience also includes a number of acting roles. He's performed in such plays as
julius Caesar, Anatomy and Cleopatra, The Crucible, and Our Country's Good In 1991,
Stewart won the Lee Hicks award for Best Partner at the Region IV Irene Ryan
Acting Competition and later went on to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.,
to perform at the national level. Since corning to Fort Wayne, Stewart has designed
set and lights for Macbeth, Dreamgirls, and The Color of August.
Craig A. Humphrey (Costume Designer) is associate professor of costume design
and director of design/technology for the IPFW Department ofTheatre. He has an
M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts and a B.F.A. from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania. He directed the IPFW productions of She Loves Me, The Rivals, Ah,
Wilderness!, Company, Arcadia, The Hot L Baltimore, Into The Woods, and The
Fantasticks; Fort Wayne Civic Theatre's production of The Sound of Music; and Arena
Dinner Theatre's productions of A Funny Thing Happened on the "U!ay to the Forum
and Once upon a Mattress. His national design credits include productions in
Chicago, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Mississippi. He studied with
internationally renowned costume designer Laura Crow and assisted her on several
productions, including the original off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's
Burn This. Locally his designs have been seen in numerous shows, recently including
The Heiress, Macbeth, The Color of August, Atlas's Cigar, Protest, Bye Bye Birdie, The
Tempest, Miss julie, South Pacific, Arcadia, You Can't Take It with You, Dames at Sea, As
You Like It, and Auntie Mame. As an actor, he was most recently seen as Harry
MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie, DePinna in You Can't Take It with You, as Bud Frump in
How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, in the ensemble of The World Goes
Round, and as Serebryakov in Uncle Vtmya.
Mark Ridgeway (Lighting Designer) is one of our new full time faculty members
and is designing his first show with us before he begins teaching with us in the fall.
Ridgeway hales from the University ofTennessee at Chattanooga, where he served as
an assistant professor in the Department ofTheatre and Speech. While there he
designed both set and lights for several productions including Caucasian Chalk Circle,
Gint, and The Real Thing. He also designed the sets for The Skin of Our Teeth, Vinegar
Tom, Uncle Vtznya, "U!aking Alice, The Importance o/Being Earnest, The Illusion, A Slight
Ache, and Baby with the Bathwater. Ridgeway has also worked with the Colorado
Shakespeare Festival, the University ofTexas at Austin, and Northwestern University.
Marty Kercheval (Properties Designer) is recently retired and now the properties
designer for the IPFW Department ofTheatre. She graduated from Purdue
University in 1996 with a degree in organizational leadership and supervision. Most
recently she worked as the stage manager for IPFW's Dreamgirls, On the Town, and
Bye Bye Birdie. Past production experience with IPFW include stage managing The
Tempest, Company, Edith Stein, Auntie Mame, Into the Woods, and How to Succeed in
Business without Really Trying.
Tom Tempel (Sound Designer) is the owner ofTernpel Recording Studio. He has
been with Williams Theatre since its construction. He is also involved with other
theatre groups in Fort Wayne along with numerous studio projects each year.
Stefanie Ambrose (Assistant Musical Director/ Accompanist) is a senior theatre
major with a musical direction emphasis and Spanish minor at IPFW She was on the
Dean's List and is an Honors student and Dan Buder Scholarship recipient for
2003-04 school year. Ambrose has worked on many shows at IPFW including Bye
Bye Birdie, On the Town, and Dreamgirls. Ambrose is also the rehearsal and
performance pianist for the musical theatre performance and dance classes in the
IPFW Department ofTheatre. In addition to her work at IPFW she has helped with
pre-production for Sound of Music at the Civic Theatre and Working at Harding High
School. Ambrose also works at Trinity Evangelical Presbyterian Church and gives
piano lessons. Ambrose finally received some stage-time in The Oresteia in the
Studio Theatre.
Kacy Johnson (Assistant Director/Stage Manager) is a third-year theatre major
with an emphasis in acting and directing. She was most recently seen in The Heiress as
Lavinia Penniman. Her other acting credits include Macbeth, the 24 Hour Playhouse
Medea, and her favorite role Amanda in For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls. This is the
third production at IPFW Johnson has stage managed. She has also worked
extensively backstage at First Presbyterian Theatre on Man of La Mancha, Brand, A
Midsummer Night's Dream, The Mikado, and ART. She was the production assistant at
First Presbyterian Theatre during the 2001-02 season. In her free time, Johnson has
three cats, Kahlua, Bailey, and Precious, and one dog, Snowman, and she has also
taught herself how to spin plates.
Jane Bitting (Assistant Stage Manager/Assistant Director) received a B.A. in
English and linguistics in May 2000 and is returning for a theatre major. She is
currently working at Central Noble High School as an English and drama teacher.
Bitting is married to Brandon Bitting. Last summer she served as assistant stage
manager for Dreamgirls.
Sara Shepard (Assistant Stage Manager) is a freshman theatre major at IPFW She is
a waitress for Goeglien's Catering Services. Shepard is also a member of the Delta
Gamma sorority. She was most recently seen in The Heiress as Maria. Other acting
credits include The Lysistrata Project as lsmenia at the Williams Theatre; Visions of the
Messiah with various roles at the Studio Theatre; and Working as Nora Watson and
Cinderella as Anna; both at Bishop Dwenger. Shepherd has worked backstage for
IPFW during She Loves Me and The Mai and backstage for the Youtheatre during
Yankee Doodle.
CAST
(In order of appearance)
Brassett ........................................................................................... Brian Ernsberger
Jack Chesney ........................................................................... Matthew C. Pedersen
Charley Wykehrun ........................................................................ Daniel P. Ambrose
Kitty Verdun ........................................................................................ Emilie Henry
Amy Spettigue ................................................................................ Kaitlin Fumarolo
Sir Francis Chesney ...................................................................... Curtis J. D. Shaw
Mr. Stephen Spettigue ................................................................. Reuben J. Albaugh
Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez ................................................................. Melissa Dowty
Ensemble ...................................................... Emily Arata, Jacob Dahm, Molly Bock,
Patrick W Fruchey, Brittany Tyler Coughlin,
Brock Graham, Stephanie Holmes, Jason Southern
Jennifer Pozezanac, Jake Stackhouse, Jackie Weber
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES
Act I
Scene 1 A Room at Oxford
The Years Before Us .......................................................... The Male Chorus
Better Get Out of Here ................................... Amy, Kitty, \=harley, and Jack
Scene 2 A Street
The New Ashmolean Marching Society
and Students~ Conservatory Band ................ Jack, Kitty, Amy, and Company
Scene 3 The Garden
My Darling, My Darling ........................................................ Jack and Kitty
Make A Miracle ................................................................. Amy and Charley
Serenade with Asides ...................................................................... Spettigue
Lovelier Than Ever ........................................... Sir Francis and Donna Lucia
The Woman in his Room ...................................................................... Amy
Scene 4 Where the Nuts Come From!
Pernambuco .......................................................... Sir Francis and Company
Act II
Scene 1 The Garden
Where's Charley? .......................................................................... Company
Scene 2 A Street
Once in Love with Amy ................................................................... Charley
Scene 3 Where the Ladies Go
The Gossips ......................................................................... Female Chorus
Scene 4 A Garden Path
Scene 5 The Ballroom
At the Red Rose Cotillion ......................................... Jack & Kitty Company
My Darling, My Darling (Finale) .................................................. Company
ORCHESTRA
Conductor ...................................................................................... Jodi Hakes-Smith
Flute and Piccolo ............................................. : .......... ; ......................... Stacey Pearson
Trumpet .............................................................................................. Matt Murdock
Clarinet .......................................................................................................... Sue Jehl
Percussion .............................................................................................. Dave Lemish
Bass ................ ~··························································································Jody Smith
Piano ............................................................................................... Stefanie Ambrose
PRODUCTION CREDITS
ARTISTIC STAFF
Director/Choreographer ......................................................................... Larry L. Life
Musical Director ....... , ..................................................................... Jodi Hakes-Smith
Scenic Designer/Technical Director ........................................................ Sean Stewart
Costume De.signer ......... .' ............................................................ Craig A. Humphrey
Lighting Designer ............................................................................. Mark Ridgeway
Properties Designer .......................................................................... Marty Kercheval
Sound Designer ..................................................................................... Tom Temple
Associate Choreographer ....................................................... Brittany Tyler Coughlin
Assistant Musical Director and Accompanist ................................... Stefanie Ambrose
Stage Manager/Assistant Director .......................................................... Kacy Johnson
Assistant Stage Managers ................................................... Jane Bitting, Sara Shepard
Dance Captain ................................................................................... Jake Stackhouse
PRODUCTION STAFF
Costume·Shop Supervisor ................................................................... Orene Colcord
Properties Master ..................................................................................... Greg Boyles
Costume Construction ............................................... Melissa Dowty, Jan McCauley
Stage and Lighting Crews ............................ Dan Ambrose, Jane Bitting, Greg Boyles,
Chris Feay, Pat Fruchey, Kacy Johnson
Master Electrician ................................................................ : ................. Sean Stewart
Wardrobe Supervisor. ................................................................. · ........ L. Liane Parsons
Wardrobe Crew ...................................................................................... Denise Lewis
Light Board Operator ............................................................................. Sara Shepard
Follow Spot Operators ............................................... Megan Ambrose, Kirby A. Volz
House Manager ......................................................................................... Chad Feay
Box Office Manager ....................................................................... Reuben J. Albaugh
Box Office Staff.. ................................ Kasey Foster, Abby Fosnaugh, Gloria Minnich,
Matt Pedersen, Liane Parsons
Production Photos .............................................................. Learning Resource Center
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE FACULTY AND STAFF
Chair/Artistic Director ............................................................................ Larry L. Life
Associate Professor - Costume Design,
Director of Design Technology ................ : ................................ CraigA. Humphrey
Assistant Professor- Acting, Directing, and Voice ............... Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft
Assistant Professor- Scenic/Lighting Design ................................... Mark Ridgeway
Assistant Professor- History, Studio Theatre Supervisor ........................... Shari Troy
Assistant Professor- Costume Technology ..................................... Thomas Bernard
Associate Professor- Playwrighting ............................................... Steve T. Sarratore
Continuing Lecturer- Dance ...................................................... Brittney Coughlin
Associate Faculty- Dance .................................... Gary Lanier, Theresa Hornbacher
Associate Faculty- Musical Theatre .................................................. Stephen Sheftz
Associate Faculty- Performance ....................................... .Jane Frazier, Bridget York
Technical Director ............................................................................ Sean M. Stewart
Secretary .................................................................................... Joanne Schultz-lthier
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
IPSGA Coldwater Ceramic Supply
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre
Stoner's Funstores
The IPFW Learning Resource Center
Bill Carlton of The News-Sentinel
Steve Penhollow of The journal Gazette
Kinko's
Ken and Linda Balthaser
Dick Pape
Sassy Sally's Ceramics Roger's Formalwear
IPFW Department of Theatre gratefully
acknowledges the special contributions of the
IPFW Student Government Association,
which ensures our ability to provide quality theatrical
experiences. The association makes it possible for us to
encourage the cultivation of awareness, imagination,
wisdom, and delight. IPFW Department of Theatre
acknowledges the continued generosity and
support of this IPFW organization.
Arts Advocates+ IPFW
is a volunteer organization affiliated
with the IPFW School ofVisual and
Performing Arts .
Your annual $15 dues support
programs and scholarships for the
Departments of Fine Arts, Music,
Theatre and Visual Communication
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The Department ofTheatre seeks your assistance in the School ofVisual and
Performing Arts Campaign for the Arts. Our mission is four-fold: to offer
the academic degree programs most in demand by area citizens; to provide
the northeastern Indiana region with exceptionally high-quality theatrical
performances by students, faculty, and community members; to offer to the
community various theatrical services, such as student matinees and theatre
training through the Community Arts Academy; to provide a continuum of
outreach activities to the greater northeastern Indiana community.
Our vision is to be widely recognized as the major theatre resource center for
the Greater Fort Wayne and northeastern Indiana communities. To meet this
challenge, we need your help!
IPFW is a state-assisted - not state-supported- university. Furthermore,
we are allocated only about one-half of the state dollars that the main
campuses receive per student. This in turri directly impacts the theatre
department with severe budgetary constraints. Your dollars are essential to
help us move forward with our commitments to northeastern Indiana.
Should you be interested in helping to financially support us in our mission,
please contact Larry L. Life, chair and artistic director of the Department of
Theatre, at 260-481-6551. Your contribution will enable us in our mission to
keep our academic programs current, continue diversity in theatre
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THE IPFW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE PROUDLY PRESENTS THE 2003-04 SEASON
It's Time to Engage, Investigate, and Nurture
The Plogsterth Visual and Performing Arts Series presents an evening of cabaret featuring
Rhonda Woods, hailed as one of the leading Judy Garland tribute artists in the nation. From
the "Trolley Song" to "Over the Rainbow" and back, you'll be enthralled from beginning to
end. Woods' striking physical resemblance to Judy Garland and incredibly accurate vocal
styling have garnered rave reviews for her gifted performance as Garland. Tickets for judy and
Me are only $10, and FlexPass members receive one free ticket for each membership. This
show is a Plogsterth event and not included in the regular season, but what a great way to
start the year at Williams Theatre!
Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 14 at 2 p.m. • Williams Theatre
by David lves • Directed by Jane Purse-Wiedenhoett
In this lively and clever evening of one-act "playlets," playwright David Ives threads
together an elaborate stress test of the English language as well as the audience's capacity
for disorientation and delight. From philosophizing chimpanzees trying to recreate
Hamlet to buying bread in the style of Philip Glass' music, these eccentric personalities
will personify an adventure of wit, hilarity, and just plain FUN! "Utterly delightful one­act
plays that percolate with comic brio .... There is real heart beneath Ives' intellectual
tomfoolery." -The New York Times. If you enjoyed our production of Picasso at the Lapin
Agile, this is the show for you!!
Oct. 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 at 8 p.m. • Williams Theatre
Conceived and directed by Larry L. Life • Choreographed by Larry L. Life, Gary Lanier, Brittney
Coughlin, and Theresa Hornbacher
An evening of "total" theatre. Theatre majors and dance minors of the IPFW Department
ofTheatre take the stage with song, dance, and drama that create a spectacle juxtaposing
gritty realities with liberating fantasies. A musical production with a wild heart and a fresh
eye, Love, Passion, and Redemption is filled with songs, poems, musings, wit, and wisdom.
Oct. 24, 25 at 8 p.m., Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. • Williams Theatre
by Tennessee Williams • Directed by Larry L. Life
Tennessee Williams called Suddenly Last Summer, "a moral fable of our times." A young
woman witnesses the shockingly violent murder of a man. In order to clear herself of
suspicion, she tells a story of the death, which damages the man's reputation. The man's
wealthy and powerful mother has the girl locked up in an insane asylum and a
psychoanalyst is called in to straighten out the tangle.
Dec. 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 at 8 p.m., Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. • Williams Theatre
by George Bernard Shaw • Directed by Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft
In this timeless comedy, Shaw's blending of farce and drawing room comedy will appeal to
everyone. Audiences will enjoy the exaggerated exploration of the absurdity of war and the
ideal of romanticized love. Shaw's extravagant characters each take a wonderful journey of
self-discovery. All in all, Arms and the Man is an optimistic view of the haven of life and
love in the face of war's desolation. The characters embrace life with the confidence that
basic human values willalways find a way to prevail.
Feb. 27,28 and March 4, 5, 6 at 8 p.m., March 7 at 2 p.m. • High School Matinee March 4 at
10:30 a.m. • Williams Theatre
Music by Mary Rodgers • Lyrics by Marshall Barer • Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and
Marshall Barer • Directed by Larry L. Life
If you thought you knew the story of"The Princess and the Pea," you may be in for a
walloping surprise. Did you know, for instance, that Princess Winnifred the Woebegone
actually swam the moat to reach Prince Dauntless the Drab? Or that all the Ladies-in­Waiting
of the court are in a "family way," but none of them can marry until Dauntless
"shares his wedding bed"? Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, both raucous and
romantic, Once Upon a Mattress provides non-stop side-splitting shenanigans.
April 23, 24, 29, 30 and May 1 at 8 p.m., April 25 and May 2 at 2 p.m. • Williams Theatre
American Classics Summer Theatre 1Oth Anniversary Celebration
Conceived and Directed by Larry L. Life
"It's showtime, folks!" The IPFW Department ofTheatre celebrates a decade of summer
musicals in the Williams Theatre. This high-kicking, fast.,-paced revue features songs from
America's greatest musicals: Gypsy, Damn Yankees, Funny Girl Hello Dolly, Company, How to
Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Dreamgirls, and Bye Bye Birdie. The show guarantees a
rousing patriotic salute to one of the greatest of American institutions: the Broadway musical.
July 9, 1 0, 15, 16, 17, at 8 p.m., July 11 and 18 at 2 p.m. • Williams Theatre
Studio Theatre in Kettler Hall has undergone an exciting transformation that allows IPFW
theatre students and faculty to put a fresh face on the local theatre scene. In its first season,
Studio Showcase featured six fully realized productions ranging from original scripts to dance
ensemble presentations to monologues and one-acts centered on popular themes.
Throughout the season, Studio Showcase allows student and faculty theatre artists the
opportunity to realize minimalistic productions of theatrical works in the Studio Theatre in
Kettler Hall. Six weekends have been set aside for performance pieces to be presented in the
Studio Theatre during the 2003-04 season, ranging in genre from dance to drama. IPFW
students with an ID, along with theatre season Flex-Pass holders will be admitted free of
charge to any of the presentations in the Studio Showcase. All other tickets are $3.
THE PLOGSTERTH VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS SERIES
Judy and Me
A judy Garland Tribute
The Plogsterth Visual and Performing Arts Series presents an
evening of cabaret featuring Rhonda Woods, hailed as one of
the leading Judy Garland tribute artists in the nation. From the
"Trolley Song" to "Over the Rainbow" and back, you'll be
enthralled from beginning to end. Woods' striking physical
resemblance to Judy Garland and incredibly accurate vocal
styling have garnered rave reviews for her gifted performance
as Garland.
Tickets for judy and Me are only $10, and FlexPass members
receive one free ticket for each membership. This show is a
Plogsterth event and not included in the regular season, but
what a great way to start the year at Williams Theatre!
Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 14 at 2 p.m.
Williams Theatre
For more information, call Joanne at 260-481-6551.
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aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level
theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional
KCACTF representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF
programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, playwrights, designers,
stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels. Productions entered on the
Participating level are eligible for inclusion at the KCACTF regional festival and can also be
considered for invitation to the KCACTF national festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts in Washington, DC in the spring of 2003. Last year more than 1,200 productions
were entered in the KCACTF involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this
production, our theater department is sharing in the KCACTF goals to recognize, reward, and
celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.
The IPFW Department ofTheatre
presents
Studio Showcase
Flora the Red Menace
Book by David Thompson, Music by John Kander,
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Craig A. Humphrey
Musical Director Stefanie Ambrose
Choreographer Kasey Foster
Friday; Aug. 29, and Saturday; Aug. 30, at 8 p.m.
Studio Theatre in Kettler Hall
Flora the Red Menace is the first Broadway musical written by
Kander and Ebb, the creators of Chicago and Cabaret. Liza
Minnelli won her first Tony award for playing Flora in the
original Broadway production.
Set in 1935, the production features 9 actors playing 25 roles as
if the show was being produced by the Federal Theatre Project.
In a time when many idealists thought that Communism could
lead America out of the Great Depression and on to a better
world, we meet the irrepressible Flora Meszaros, determined
for herself and her friends to make it in New York. Her love
for a radical WP A artist leads her to join the Communist
Party, with enchanting and comic repercussions.
Admission for IPFW students with ID is free
$3 All other admissions
Department ofTheatre Box Office, 260-481-6555
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American CLASSICS SUMMER THEATRE SERIES X
July 11, 12, 17, 18, and 19 at 8 p.m. July 13 and 20 at 2:30p.m.
Where's Charle
Book by George Abbott
Music and Lyrics by
Frank Loesser
Directed and Choreographed
by Larry L. Life
Musical Direction by
Jodi Hakes-Smith
Festival Event.,
IPFW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
presents
Where's Charley?
BOOK BY GEORGE ABBOTT
Music AND LYRics BY FRANK LOESSER
Directed and Choreographed by LARRY L. LIFE
WILLIAMS THEATRE
Musical Director
}ODI HAKE.s-SMITH
Scenic Designer
SEAN STEWART
Costume Designer
CRAIGA. HUMPHREY
Lighting Designer
MARK RIDGEWAY
Properties Designer
MARTY KERCHEVAL
July 2003
Sound Designer
ToM TEMPLE
Associate Choreographer
BRITTANY TYLER COUGHLIN
Assistant Musical Director and Accompanist
STEFANIE AMBROSE
Stage Manager/Assistant Director
KACY JOHNSON
Where's Charley is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized
performance materials are supplied by Music Theatre International, 421 West 54th St.,
New York, NY 10019. www.MTIShows.com
WARNING
The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any
device for such photographing or sound recording inside this theatre, without the
written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished
by ejection, and violations may render the offender liable for monetary damages.
This play was selected for its artistic and academic value. The selection and performance
of the play do not constitute an endorsement by Indiana University-Purdue University
Fort Wayne or Purdue University of the viewpoints conveyed by the play.
Out of respect for the actors, we ask that you remain in your seat until ihe
curtain call is finished. Please turn off all cell phones and pagers.
AN AMERICAN CLASSICS WELCOME
With summer upon us and the excitement of the annual Three Rivers Festival, I am
pleased to welcome you to the 1Oth Annual American Classics Summer Theatre
Festival. For the past 10 years we have endeavored to feature Broadway's most beloved
and treasured musicals. Wheres Charley? is certainly one of these. The musical opened
Oct. 11, 1948, and became a resounding hit. The song, "My Darling, My Darling,"
became a very popular number on the hit parade, the production raised Ray Bolger
(the loveable Scarecrow in the film The Wizard of Oz) to Broadway stardom, and all
of America was singing "Once in Love with Amy." The musical is based upon the
classic farce, Charleys Aunt by Brandon Thomas that satirizes Victorian manners, the
stilted etiquette of the period, the formal tea parties, the fluttering heroines with fans,
and the necessity for chaperones. Wheres Charley? also established Frank Loesser as a
leading lyricist and composer.
Wheres Charley? is about youth and springtime: being in love and being outrageously
silly and slyly wicked. As such, it is a wonderful family show and an excellent vehicle
for the exciting local young people you will see in this production. Our mission this
summer was to feature outstanding area high school students working side by side
with IPFW theatre majors. "What a delightful rehearsal process this has been, and I
have enjoyed watching this show take shape. Obviously these kids had never heard of
Wheres Charley? and 1948 was the "Dark Ages." It has been very exciting watching
them respond to the farce in the show, listening to their gorgeous voices, and realizing
that being young hasn't really changed all that much.
Welcome to the 1Oth Annual American Classics Summer Theatre's production of
Where's Charley?
Larry L. Life
Director and Choreographer
.ABOUT THE CAST
Reuben J. Albaugh (Mr. Stephen Spettigue) is a junior theatre major at IPFW.
Although Albaugh is seeking a degree in theatre focusing on design and directing, he
has had plenty of stage time, having performed in She Loves Me, On the Town, Harvey;
Corpus Christi, Bye Bye Birdie; The Tempest, Blood Wedding, and South Pacific, all at
IPFW. Also he has performed twice with the Civic Theatre in The Sound of Music and
A Funny Thing Happened on the "Way to the Forum and most recently at Arena Dinner
Theatre in Born Yesterday. Last summer, Albaugh directed Youre a Good Man Charlie
Brown for the Starlight Community Theatre. Albaugh is the recipient of the Frank
Kenworthy Scholarship for 2003-04. Albaugh is also a costume rental clerk at
Stoner's Funstore and works with the fabulous Kasey and Joanne in the theatre office
and finds time to serve as the box office manager.
Daniel P. Ambrose (Charley Wykeham) is a 2003 graduate of the theatre
department at IPFW. You may recognize him last from his senior project as Malcom
in Macbeth. Most recently he directed, designed the lights, and served as dramaturg
for his production of The Orestia, one of the pioneer Studio Showcases productions.
At IPFW he has performed in On the Town, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Corpus Christi,
Bye Bye Birdie, On the Verge, Blood Wedding, Ah, Wilderness!, South Pacific, Company;
Edith Stein, Spike Heels, Assassins, Dames at Sea, As You Like It, Auntie Marne, and
Marai!Sade. He has appeared at the First Presbyterian Theatre as Cupid in The Eight:
Reindeer Monologues and as Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Behind the
scenes, Ambrose took on another role as master electrician for both On the Town and
The Tempest and as fight captain for Macbeth at IPFW Ambrose has received two
Irene Ryan Acting Nominations for his work in Assassins and Ah, Wilderness!
Emily Arata (Ensemble) comes to IPFW for the first time this summer from IU
Bloomington where she is studying elementary education. Last summer Arata was
part of the chorus for Fort Wayne Community Schools Production of Footloose.
Other acting credits include Our Town, Anything Goes, Hello Dolly, and You Can't
Take It with You. She lists her favorite role as Patty Simcox in Grease for the FWCS
Summer Theatre Project. Arata would like to dedicate her performance "to my family
and Jake Dahm."
Molly Bock {Ensemble) hails from Leo High School, where she earned her letters in
drama. Her credits include Meet Me in St. Louis, Tom Sawyer, and Lil' Abner. Bock
lists her favorite role as Martha Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace. She has also
appeared at First Presbyterian Theatre in Othello. Now that she has graduated, she
plans to attend IU Bloomington and double major in English and drama.
BrittanyTyler Coughlin {Ensemble/Associate Choreographer) is a continuing
lecturer in dance at IPFW. She works at Northeast School of Dance and is an
independent aerobics instructor and personal trainer. Coughlin has a B.A. in dance
performance and choreography from Hope College in Holland, Mich. She was a
recipient of the Distinguished Artists Award in Dance all four years at Hope. She has
choreographed many musicals, fashion shows, color guards, and swing choirs.
Coughlin's most recent acting experience took place in The Power ofWomen, She Loves
Me, and On the Town. Coughlin wishes to thank Pat and her beautiful children,
Chelsey and Bray.
Jacob Dahm (Ensemble) is a senior at Bishop Dwenger High School. He was most
recently seen as Arpad in She Loves Me. Other credits at IPFW include Macbeth, On
the Town, Bye Bye Birdie, and james Dean. Other credits include Gypsy at Arena
Dinner Theatre, Ren in Footloose for FWCS Summer Theatre Project, the Tin Man in
The Wizard of Oz for the You theatre, and a party guest and Nazi in Sound of Music at
the Civic Theatre. He lists his favorite role as Patrick in Auntie Marne at IPFW He
works for Abercrombie Kids at Jefferson Point. Dahm would like to dedicate his
performance to his dad and Emily Arata.
Melissa Dowty (Donna Lucia D' Alvadorez) is a junior theatre major at IPFW She
is an active student- she is on the Dean's List, president of Delta Gamma Fraternity
and the Student Theatre Organization, and the recipient of the Dan Butler
Scholarship for 2002-2003. Her most recent role was Catherine Sloper in The
Heiress. Other roles at IPFW include She Loves Me, Macbeth, On the Town, Mae
Simmons in Harvey, Bye Bye Birdie, The Tempest, Blood Wedding, and South Pacific.
Some of Dowty's recent community theatre credits include Singin' in the Rain at the
Fort Wayne Civic, Little Shop of Horrors at the Arena Dinner Theatre, and Man of La
Mancha at First Presbyterian Theatre. Dowty was recognized as the Irene Ryan
Nominee for her work in both She Loves Me and The Heiress.
Brian Ernsberger (Brassett) is a graduate from Ball State University with a bachelor's
degree in English. Ernsberger has become a familiar face to IPFW audiences, having
appeared in Macbeth and On the Town. His local credits include Moon over Buffalo and
Garry/Roger at the Civic Theatre and California Suite and Rumors, both at Arena
Dinner Theatre. Ernsberger was involved with Same Time Next Year and most recently
directed Barefoot in the Park for the Gaslight Theatre in Kendallville. He lists his most
recent and favorite role as Paul Verrall in Born Yesterday at Arena Dinner Th~atre.
Patrick W. Fruchey (Ensemble) is partly responsible for the set that you see in front
of you tonight - he was one of the summer scene shop employees. Fruchey is a ,
junior theatre major at IPFW and was most recently seen as Macduff in Macbeth, a
role for which he received an Irene Ryan Nomination. Fruchey has also been seen in
The Orestia, She Loves Me, On the Town, Harvey, The Rivals, Corpus Christi, Bye Bye
Birdie, The Tempest, Blood Wedding, and South Pacific, all at IPFW Fruchey also
performed in Little Shop of Horrors and California Suite at the Arena Dinner Theatre.
He lists his favorite role as Paul in Barefoot in the Park for the Gaslight Theatre in
Kendallville. Fruchey is the godfather to Samson and Delihla, the latter of whom was
recently seen in The Heiress at IPFW
Kaidin Fumarolo (Amy Spettigue) will be appearing on the Williams Theatre stage
for the first time tonight. She has appeared in numerous roles at Homestead
including Hide and Shriek, Aesop's Fables, Grease, and Picnic at Hanging Rock. She has
also been seen on the Civic Theatre stage in Singin' in the Rain. She lists her favorite
role as Rusty in Footloose also at Homestead. This National Honors Society member
and Presidential Award winner will be working her summer away at Science Central
as a camp assistant before heading off to Ball State to major in musical theatre. She
would like to thank her family for all of the years of support and love.
Brock Graham (Ensemble) has been very busy since he last appeared on the
Williams Theatre stage in Bye Bye Birdie. Graham works at the Towne House
Retirement Community as part of the waitstaff and has still found time to be very
active in theatre at Leo High School. His credits include Meet Me in St. Louis, Arsenic
and Old Lace, Tom Sawyer, and his favorite role Schroeder in You're a Good Man
Charlie Brown. In the future he plans on attending IPFW and m~joring in psychology
and minoring in professional writing and theatre. He would like to thank his parents
and his sister.
Emilie Henry (Kitty Verdun), a Snider senior, is no stranger to the theatre scene in
Fort Wayne as she makes her debut performance at IPFW this evening. She has been
seen in Sound of Music as Liesl, Cinderella as Cinderella, Wizard ofOz as Dorothy,
and Peter Pan in her favorite role Wendy. She would like to thank her family, all four
of her siblings, mom and dad, and Kurtis. Mter she graduates, she is planning on
attending Northwestern and majoring in musical theatre and eventually moving to
New York.
Stephanie Holmes (Ensemble) hales from Leo High School, where she has earned
both her theatre and music letters. Her acting credits include Meet Me in St. Louis,
Tom Sawyer, and Li'lAbner. She has also appeared in two 24-Hour Playhouses at
IPFW in the Studio Theatre and lists one of those roles as her favorite performance.
Holmes would like to go to a theatre academy and become a professional actress.
Matthew C. Pedersen (Jack Chesney) is originally from Syracuse, Ind., and is a
transfer theatre major at IPFW Pederson was most recently seen in The Heiress as
Arthur Townsend. He also appeared as part of the male ensemble in She Loves Me.
Other acting credits include Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
Tommy Albright in Brigadoon, Giles Ralston in The Mousetrap, and Minstrel in Once
upon a Mattress at Wawasee High School. He has also worked backstage for Macbeth
at IPFW Pederson is a sales associate for Structure in Glenbrook Mall. Pederson also
performed as part of the PineSAP Art Fair here at IPFW in two short Christopher
Durang plays Medea and For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls.
Jennifer Pozezanac (Ensemble) is making her IPFW debut tonight. She hails from
Ball State University where she will be a sophomore acting student in the fall. Her
acting credits include Crazy For You, Oliver, The Music Man, and Oklahoma! Her
favorite role was that of Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank at Northrop High
School. This summer you might catch her working at Old Navy. During her first year
at Ball State, Pozezanac worked as the sound technician for two shows: Side Show and
SideMan.
Curtis J.D. Shaw (Sir France Chesney) is a music major with an outside field in
theatre at IPFW This is his first time on the Williams Theatre stage. Shaw is no
stranger to the community theatre scene. At First Presbyterian Theatre he has
appeared in GodSpell and The Mikado. At the Civic he has appeared in joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Isaachar, not to mention his backstage work on My
Fair Lady and The Pajama Game. Shaw says his favorite role is Cosmo Brown in last
summer's production of Singin' in the Rain. He also won an award for his role in
Arena Dinner Theatre's production of Anything Goes.
Jason Southern (Ensemble) just graduated from Northrop High School where he
was a busy guy. His credits include How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying,
Oliver, Music Man, and Twelve Angry Men. Southern's favorite role is Bobby Childs in
Crazy for You. This Indiana State Opera Finalist, as well as Norwell Invitational Solo
Champion plans t attend Millikin University School of Music in the fall. He would
like to dedicate this performance to his "dad who I know is watching from above."
Jake Stackhouse (Ensemble/Dance Captain) is a junior theatre-major and dance
minor at IPFW Most recently he was seen by Fort Wayne audiences in the Civic's
production of Smokey]oe's Caft. Other IPFW roles include Lennox in Macbeth,
Dewayne in Dreamgirls, Pas de Deux dancer! ensemble in On the Town, Wilson in
Harvey, the Teen Chorus in Bye Bye Birdie, as Caliban in The Tempest, Second
Woodcutter in Blood Wedding, and Abner in South Pacific. He also performed in
Civic's Sound of Music as a Nazi and a Party Guest. He has worked extensively
backstage for the Williams Theatre. Stackhouse is a server and trainer for Cheddar's
Restaurant.
Jackie Weber (Ensemble) is another member of the cast making her first appearance
on the IPFW stage this evening. Weber hails from Canterbury, where she was very
active. Her credits include Murder Me Always, The Wiz, You're a Good Man Charlie
Brown, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Once on this Island. Next year she will be
attending Wellesly College studying either biology, psychology, or computer science.
ABOUT THE ARTISTIC STAFF
Larry L. Life (Director/Choreographer) is professor and chair of the Department of
Theatre, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1971. In 1992, he was
given the Indiana Theatre Association's Outstanding Artist-Educator Award for 23
years of service as a director/ choreographer, actor, and theatre educator in Indiana.
Life worked professionally in New York in the 1960s, appearing in the revival of
Harold Rome's Pins and Needles at the Round-a-Bout Theatre and off-Broadway with
Fran and Barry Weissler's National Theatre Company. He has appeared in the films
The Detective with Frank Sinatra and Me Natalie with Patty Duke and has worked
with Madeline Kahn and Roberta Flack. He has been director...:choreographer for
music theatre productions at Black Hills Playhouse, Louisiana State University,
Wabash College, University ofNevada at Las Vegas, Tulane University, and Miami
University at Oxford, Ohio, and has studied musical theatre with Lehman Engel at
the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. He has studied acting with Uta
Hagen and Charles Nelson Riley, and dance with Matt Mattox, Jaimie Rogers,
Charles Weidman, and Robert Lunnon. He is listed in Whos Who in Entertainment.
His productions Dames at Sea and Hair were gran ted the Amoco Award of Excellence
and selected for presentation at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., for the
American College Theatre Festival. Life has acted, directed, and choreographed for
the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Arena Dinner
Theatre, and the First Presbyterian Theatre. He has conceived, directed, and
choreographed nine original musical reviews for the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Guild,
and one in 1994 for the Fort Wayne Bicentennial Commission. In 2003, Life
directed a produetion of The vagina Monologues for the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau.
Jodi Rakes-Smith (Musical Director) is married to Jody Smith, the bass player for
the show. She and her husband, Jody, are both owned by two 12-year-old Yorkshire
terriers, Jake and Nicky. Hakes-Smith is a graduate of Indiana School of Music in
Bloomington, Ind. She once lived in New York City and played piano for a Broadway
show. Hakes-Smith is currently a choral teacher for Bishop Dwenger High School.
She is also vice-president of the board for the Allen County Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals. See her after the show if you are interested in adopting a
sweet, homeless dog or cat.
Sean Stewart (Scenic Designer/Technical Director) recently received an M.F.A.
from Tulane University in New Orleans and is the technical director for the
department. Stewart has also designed scenery, lights, and costumes for a number of
productions, both professional and academic. He has designed scenery for such
productions as The Hostage, Private Eyes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and
Pericles. His lighting credits include Into the Woods, Not ~ving, and Picasso at the
Lapin Agile. Among his costume designs are the productions The Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas and a dance performance entitled Fae. Stewart's diversified
experience also includes a number of acting roles. He's performed in such plays as
julius Caesar, Anatomy and Cleopatra, The Crucible, and Our Country's Good In 1991,
Stewart won the Lee Hicks award for Best Partner at the Region IV Irene Ryan
Acting Competition and later went on to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.,
to perform at the national level. Since corning to Fort Wayne, Stewart has designed
set and lights for Macbeth, Dreamgirls, and The Color of August.
Craig A. Humphrey (Costume Designer) is associate professor of costume design
and director of design/technology for the IPFW Department ofTheatre. He has an
M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts and a B.F.A. from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania. He directed the IPFW productions of She Loves Me, The Rivals, Ah,
Wilderness!, Company, Arcadia, The Hot L Baltimore, Into The Woods, and The
Fantasticks; Fort Wayne Civic Theatre's production of The Sound of Music; and Arena
Dinner Theatre's productions of A Funny Thing Happened on the "U!ay to the Forum
and Once upon a Mattress. His national design credits include productions in
Chicago, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Mississippi. He studied with
internationally renowned costume designer Laura Crow and assisted her on several
productions, including the original off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's
Burn This. Locally his designs have been seen in numerous shows, recently including
The Heiress, Macbeth, The Color of August, Atlas's Cigar, Protest, Bye Bye Birdie, The
Tempest, Miss julie, South Pacific, Arcadia, You Can't Take It with You, Dames at Sea, As
You Like It, and Auntie Mame. As an actor, he was most recently seen as Harry
MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie, DePinna in You Can't Take It with You, as Bud Frump in
How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, in the ensemble of The World Goes
Round, and as Serebryakov in Uncle Vtmya.
Mark Ridgeway (Lighting Designer) is one of our new full time faculty members
and is designing his first show with us before he begins teaching with us in the fall.
Ridgeway hales from the University ofTennessee at Chattanooga, where he served as
an assistant professor in the Department ofTheatre and Speech. While there he
designed both set and lights for several productions including Caucasian Chalk Circle,
Gint, and The Real Thing. He also designed the sets for The Skin of Our Teeth, Vinegar
Tom, Uncle Vtznya, "U!aking Alice, The Importance o/Being Earnest, The Illusion, A Slight
Ache, and Baby with the Bathwater. Ridgeway has also worked with the Colorado
Shakespeare Festival, the University ofTexas at Austin, and Northwestern University.
Marty Kercheval (Properties Designer) is recently retired and now the properties
designer for the IPFW Department ofTheatre. She graduated from Purdue
University in 1996 with a degree in organizational leadership and supervision. Most
recently she worked as the stage manager for IPFW's Dreamgirls, On the Town, and
Bye Bye Birdie. Past production experience with IPFW include stage managing The
Tempest, Company, Edith Stein, Auntie Mame, Into the Woods, and How to Succeed in
Business without Really Trying.
Tom Tempel (Sound Designer) is the owner ofTernpel Recording Studio. He has
been with Williams Theatre since its construction. He is also involved with other
theatre groups in Fort Wayne along with numerous studio projects each year.
Stefanie Ambrose (Assistant Musical Director/ Accompanist) is a senior theatre
major with a musical direction emphasis and Spanish minor at IPFW She was on the
Dean's List and is an Honors student and Dan Buder Scholarship recipient for
2003-04 school year. Ambrose has worked on many shows at IPFW including Bye
Bye Birdie, On the Town, and Dreamgirls. Ambrose is also the rehearsal and
performance pianist for the musical theatre performance and dance classes in the
IPFW Department ofTheatre. In addition to her work at IPFW she has helped with
pre-production for Sound of Music at the Civic Theatre and Working at Harding High
School. Ambrose also works at Trinity Evangelical Presbyterian Church and gives
piano lessons. Ambrose finally received some stage-time in The Oresteia in the
Studio Theatre.
Kacy Johnson (Assistant Director/Stage Manager) is a third-year theatre major
with an emphasis in acting and directing. She was most recently seen in The Heiress as
Lavinia Penniman. Her other acting credits include Macbeth, the 24 Hour Playhouse
Medea, and her favorite role Amanda in For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls. This is the
third production at IPFW Johnson has stage managed. She has also worked
extensively backstage at First Presbyterian Theatre on Man of La Mancha, Brand, A
Midsummer Night's Dream, The Mikado, and ART. She was the production assistant at
First Presbyterian Theatre during the 2001-02 season. In her free time, Johnson has
three cats, Kahlua, Bailey, and Precious, and one dog, Snowman, and she has also
taught herself how to spin plates.
Jane Bitting (Assistant Stage Manager/Assistant Director) received a B.A. in
English and linguistics in May 2000 and is returning for a theatre major. She is
currently working at Central Noble High School as an English and drama teacher.
Bitting is married to Brandon Bitting. Last summer she served as assistant stage
manager for Dreamgirls.
Sara Shepard (Assistant Stage Manager) is a freshman theatre major at IPFW She is
a waitress for Goeglien's Catering Services. Shepard is also a member of the Delta
Gamma sorority. She was most recently seen in The Heiress as Maria. Other acting
credits include The Lysistrata Project as lsmenia at the Williams Theatre; Visions of the
Messiah with various roles at the Studio Theatre; and Working as Nora Watson and
Cinderella as Anna; both at Bishop Dwenger. Shepherd has worked backstage for
IPFW during She Loves Me and The Mai and backstage for the Youtheatre during
Yankee Doodle.
CAST
(In order of appearance)
Brassett ........................................................................................... Brian Ernsberger
Jack Chesney ........................................................................... Matthew C. Pedersen
Charley Wykehrun ........................................................................ Daniel P. Ambrose
Kitty Verdun ........................................................................................ Emilie Henry
Amy Spettigue ................................................................................ Kaitlin Fumarolo
Sir Francis Chesney ...................................................................... Curtis J. D. Shaw
Mr. Stephen Spettigue ................................................................. Reuben J. Albaugh
Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez ................................................................. Melissa Dowty
Ensemble ...................................................... Emily Arata, Jacob Dahm, Molly Bock,
Patrick W Fruchey, Brittany Tyler Coughlin,
Brock Graham, Stephanie Holmes, Jason Southern
Jennifer Pozezanac, Jake Stackhouse, Jackie Weber
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES
Act I
Scene 1 A Room at Oxford
The Years Before Us .......................................................... The Male Chorus
Better Get Out of Here ................................... Amy, Kitty, \=harley, and Jack
Scene 2 A Street
The New Ashmolean Marching Society
and Students~ Conservatory Band ................ Jack, Kitty, Amy, and Company
Scene 3 The Garden
My Darling, My Darling ........................................................ Jack and Kitty
Make A Miracle ................................................................. Amy and Charley
Serenade with Asides ...................................................................... Spettigue
Lovelier Than Ever ........................................... Sir Francis and Donna Lucia
The Woman in his Room ...................................................................... Amy
Scene 4 Where the Nuts Come From!
Pernambuco .......................................................... Sir Francis and Company
Act II
Scene 1 The Garden
Where's Charley? .......................................................................... Company
Scene 2 A Street
Once in Love with Amy ................................................................... Charley
Scene 3 Where the Ladies Go
The Gossips ......................................................................... Female Chorus
Scene 4 A Garden Path
Scene 5 The Ballroom
At the Red Rose Cotillion ......................................... Jack & Kitty Company
My Darling, My Darling (Finale) .................................................. Company
ORCHESTRA
Conductor ...................................................................................... Jodi Hakes-Smith
Flute and Piccolo ............................................. : .......... ; ......................... Stacey Pearson
Trumpet .............................................................................................. Matt Murdock
Clarinet .......................................................................................................... Sue Jehl
Percussion .............................................................................................. Dave Lemish
Bass ................ ~··························································································Jody Smith
Piano ............................................................................................... Stefanie Ambrose
PRODUCTION CREDITS
ARTISTIC STAFF
Director/Choreographer ......................................................................... Larry L. Life
Musical Director ....... , ..................................................................... Jodi Hakes-Smith
Scenic Designer/Technical Director ........................................................ Sean Stewart
Costume De.signer ......... .' ............................................................ Craig A. Humphrey
Lighting Designer ............................................................................. Mark Ridgeway
Properties Designer .......................................................................... Marty Kercheval
Sound Designer ..................................................................................... Tom Temple
Associate Choreographer ....................................................... Brittany Tyler Coughlin
Assistant Musical Director and Accompanist ................................... Stefanie Ambrose
Stage Manager/Assistant Director .......................................................... Kacy Johnson
Assistant Stage Managers ................................................... Jane Bitting, Sara Shepard
Dance Captain ................................................................................... Jake Stackhouse
PRODUCTION STAFF
Costume·Shop Supervisor ................................................................... Orene Colcord
Properties Master ..................................................................................... Greg Boyles
Costume Construction ............................................... Melissa Dowty, Jan McCauley
Stage and Lighting Crews ............................ Dan Ambrose, Jane Bitting, Greg Boyles,
Chris Feay, Pat Fruchey, Kacy Johnson
Master Electrician ................................................................ : ................. Sean Stewart
Wardrobe Supervisor. ................................................................. · ........ L. Liane Parsons
Wardrobe Crew ...................................................................................... Denise Lewis
Light Board Operator ............................................................................. Sara Shepard
Follow Spot Operators ............................................... Megan Ambrose, Kirby A. Volz
House Manager ......................................................................................... Chad Feay
Box Office Manager ....................................................................... Reuben J. Albaugh
Box Office Staff.. ................................ Kasey Foster, Abby Fosnaugh, Gloria Minnich,
Matt Pedersen, Liane Parsons
Production Photos .............................................................. Learning Resource Center
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE FACULTY AND STAFF
Chair/Artistic Director ............................................................................ Larry L. Life
Associate Professor - Costume Design,
Director of Design Technology ................ : ................................ CraigA. Humphrey
Assistant Professor- Acting, Directing, and Voice ............... Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft
Assistant Professor- Scenic/Lighting Design ................................... Mark Ridgeway
Assistant Professor- History, Studio Theatre Supervisor ........................... Shari Troy
Assistant Professor- Costume Technology ..................................... Thomas Bernard
Associate Professor- Playwrighting ............................................... Steve T. Sarratore
Continuing Lecturer- Dance ...................................................... Brittney Coughlin
Associate Faculty- Dance .................................... Gary Lanier, Theresa Hornbacher
Associate Faculty- Musical Theatre .................................................. Stephen Sheftz
Associate Faculty- Performance ....................................... .Jane Frazier, Bridget York
Technical Director ............................................................................ Sean M. Stewart
Secretary .................................................................................... Joanne Schultz-lthier
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
IPSGA Coldwater Ceramic Supply
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre
Stoner's Funstores
The IPFW Learning Resource Center
Bill Carlton of The News-Sentinel
Steve Penhollow of The journal Gazette
Kinko's
Ken and Linda Balthaser
Dick Pape
Sassy Sally's Ceramics Roger's Formalwear
IPFW Department of Theatre gratefully
acknowledges the special contributions of the
IPFW Student Government Association,
which ensures our ability to provide quality theatrical
experiences. The association makes it possible for us to
encourage the cultivation of awareness, imagination,
wisdom, and delight. IPFW Department of Theatre
acknowledges the continued generosity and
support of this IPFW organization.
Arts Advocates+ IPFW
is a volunteer organization affiliated
with the IPFW School ofVisual and
Performing Arts .
Your annual $15 dues support
programs and scholarships for the
Departments of Fine Arts, Music,
Theatre and Visual Communication
and Design. Call481-6025 for an
informative brochure.
The Department ofTheatre seeks your assistance in the School ofVisual and
Performing Arts Campaign for the Arts. Our mission is four-fold: to offer
the academic degree programs most in demand by area citizens; to provide
the northeastern Indiana region with exceptionally high-quality theatrical
performances by students, faculty, and community members; to offer to the
community various theatrical services, such as student matinees and theatre
training through the Community Arts Academy; to provide a continuum of
outreach activities to the greater northeastern Indiana community.
Our vision is to be widely recognized as the major theatre resource center for
the Greater Fort Wayne and northeastern Indiana communities. To meet this
challenge, we need your help!
IPFW is a state-assisted - not state-supported- university. Furthermore,
we are allocated only about one-half of the state dollars that the main
campuses receive per student. This in turri directly impacts the theatre
department with severe budgetary constraints. Your dollars are essential to
help us move forward with our commitments to northeastern Indiana.
Should you be interested in helping to financially support us in our mission,
please contact Larry L. Life, chair and artistic director of the Department of
Theatre, at 260-481-6551. Your contribution will enable us in our mission to
keep our academic programs current, continue diversity in theatre
programming, and maintain our commitment to northeastern Indiana
through our service and outreach activities.
Please become a member of our Campaign for the Arts by choosing one of
the giving categories described on the next page. And remember, your gift is
tax deductible.
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The generous support of these theatre contributors
provides exceptional opportunities for theatre students.
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George and Henrietta
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THE IPFW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE PROUDLY PRESENTS THE 2003-04 SEASON
It's Time to Engage, Investigate, and Nurture
The Plogsterth Visual and Performing Arts Series presents an evening of cabaret featuring
Rhonda Woods, hailed as one of the leading Judy Garland tribute artists in the nation. From
the "Trolley Song" to "Over the Rainbow" and back, you'll be enthralled from beginning to
end. Woods' striking physical resemblance to Judy Garland and incredibly accurate vocal
styling have garnered rave reviews for her gifted performance as Garland. Tickets for judy and
Me are only $10, and FlexPass members receive one free ticket for each membership. This
show is a Plogsterth event and not included in the regular season, but what a great way to
start the year at Williams Theatre!
Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 14 at 2 p.m. • Williams Theatre
by David lves • Directed by Jane Purse-Wiedenhoett
In this lively and clever evening of one-act "playlets," playwright David Ives threads
together an elaborate stress test of the English language as well as the audience's capacity
for disorientation and delight. From philosophizing chimpanzees trying to recreate
Hamlet to buying bread in the style of Philip Glass' music, these eccentric personalities
will personify an adventure of wit, hilarity, and just plain FUN! "Utterly delightful one­act
plays that percolate with comic brio .... There is real heart beneath Ives' intellectual
tomfoolery." -The New York Times. If you enjoyed our production of Picasso at the Lapin
Agile, this is the show for you!!
Oct. 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 at 8 p.m. • Williams Theatre
Conceived and directed by Larry L. Life • Choreographed by Larry L. Life, Gary Lanier, Brittney
Coughlin, and Theresa Hornbacher
An evening of "total" theatre. Theatre majors and dance minors of the IPFW Department
ofTheatre take the stage with song, dance, and drama that create a spectacle juxtaposing
gritty realities with liberating fantasies. A musical production with a wild heart and a fresh
eye, Love, Passion, and Redemption is filled with songs, poems, musings, wit, and wisdom.
Oct. 24, 25 at 8 p.m., Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. • Williams Theatre
by Tennessee Williams • Directed by Larry L. Life
Tennessee Williams called Suddenly Last Summer, "a moral fable of our times." A young
woman witnesses the shockingly violent murder of a man. In order to clear herself of
suspicion, she tells a story of the death, which damages the man's reputation. The man's
wealthy and powerful mother has the girl locked up in an insane asylum and a
psychoanalyst is called in to straighten out the tangle.
Dec. 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 at 8 p.m., Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. • Williams Theatre
by George Bernard Shaw • Directed by Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft
In this timeless comedy, Shaw's blending of farce and drawing room comedy will appeal to
everyone. Audiences will enjoy the exaggerated exploration of the absurdity of war and the
ideal of romanticized love. Shaw's extravagant characters each take a wonderful journey of
self-discovery. All in all, Arms and the Man is an optimistic view of the haven of life and
love in the face of war's desolation. The characters embrace life with the confidence that
basic human values willalways find a way to prevail.
Feb. 27,28 and March 4, 5, 6 at 8 p.m., March 7 at 2 p.m. • High School Matinee March 4 at
10:30 a.m. • Williams Theatre
Music by Mary Rodgers • Lyrics by Marshall Barer • Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and
Marshall Barer • Directed by Larry L. Life
If you thought you knew the story of"The Princess and the Pea," you may be in for a
walloping surprise. Did you know, for instance, that Princess Winnifred the Woebegone
actually swam the moat to reach Prince Dauntless the Drab? Or that all the Ladies-in­Waiting
of the court are in a "family way," but none of them can marry until Dauntless
"shares his wedding bed"? Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, both raucous and
romantic, Once Upon a Mattress provides non-stop side-splitting shenanigans.
April 23, 24, 29, 30 and May 1 at 8 p.m., April 25 and May 2 at 2 p.m. • Williams Theatre
American Classics Summer Theatre 1Oth Anniversary Celebration
Conceived and Directed by Larry L. Life
"It's showtime, folks!" The IPFW Department ofTheatre celebrates a decade of summer
musicals in the Williams Theatre. This high-kicking, fast.,-paced revue features songs from
America's greatest musicals: Gypsy, Damn Yankees, Funny Girl Hello Dolly, Company, How to
Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Dreamgirls, and Bye Bye Birdie. The show guarantees a
rousing patriotic salute to one of the greatest of American institutions: the Broadway musical.
July 9, 1 0, 15, 16, 17, at 8 p.m., July 11 and 18 at 2 p.m. • Williams Theatre
Studio Theatre in Kettler Hall has undergone an exciting transformation that allows IPFW
theatre students and faculty to put a fresh face on the local theatre scene. In its first season,
Studio Showcase featured six fully realized productions ranging from original scripts to dance
ensemble presentations to monologues and one-acts centered on popular themes.
Throughout the season, Studio Showcase allows student and faculty theatre artists the
opportunity to realize minimalistic productions of theatrical works in the Studio Theatre in
Kettler Hall. Six weekends have been set aside for performance pieces to be presented in the
Studio Theatre during the 2003-04 season, ranging in genre from dance to drama. IPFW
students with an ID, along with theatre season Flex-Pass holders will be admitted free of
charge to any of the presentations in the Studio Showcase. All other tickets are $3.
THE PLOGSTERTH VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS SERIES
Judy and Me
A judy Garland Tribute
The Plogsterth Visual and Performing Arts Series presents an
evening of cabaret featuring Rhonda Woods, hailed as one of
the leading Judy Garland tribute artists in the nation. From the
"Trolley Song" to "Over the Rainbow" and back, you'll be
enthralled from beginning to end. Woods' striking physical
resemblance to Judy Garland and incredibly accurate vocal
styling have garnered rave reviews for her gifted performance
as Garland.
Tickets for judy and Me are only $10, and FlexPass members
receive one free ticket for each membership. This show is a
Plogsterth event and not included in the regular season, but
what a great way to start the year at Williams Theatre!
Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 14 at 2 p.m.
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were entered in the KCACTF involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this
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The IPFW Department ofTheatre
presents
Studio Showcase
Flora the Red Menace
Book by David Thompson, Music by John Kander,
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Craig A. Humphrey
Musical Director Stefanie Ambrose
Choreographer Kasey Foster
Friday; Aug. 29, and Saturday; Aug. 30, at 8 p.m.
Studio Theatre in Kettler Hall
Flora the Red Menace is the first Broadway musical written by
Kander and Ebb, the creators of Chicago and Cabaret. Liza
Minnelli won her first Tony award for playing Flora in the
original Broadway production.
Set in 1935, the production features 9 actors playing 25 roles as
if the show was being produced by the Federal Theatre Project.
In a time when many idealists thought that Communism could
lead America out of the Great Depression and on to a better
world, we meet the irrepressible Flora Meszaros, determined
for herself and her friends to make it in New York. Her love
for a radical WP A artist leads her to join the Communist
Party, with enchanting and comic repercussions.
Admission for IPFW students with ID is free
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Department ofTheatre Box Office, 260-481-6555
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